5 of the best ethical elephant experiences around the world - YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Sign in Welcome!Log into your account Forgot your password? Password recovery Recover your password Search Sign in Welcome! Log into your account Forgot your password? Get help Password recovery Recover your password A password will be e-mailed to you. YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Home Travel 5 of the best ethical elephant experiences around the world By You Magazine - August 10, 2018 Elephant lovers, rejoice. Sunday 12 August marks World Elephant Day 2018, a day where we can unapologetic ally celebrate, embrace and champion the marvellous creature that is the elephant. Few species can master the art of being giant, wildly boisterous and cute all in one. Yet somehow, elephants do it effortlessly. From their adorable trunks to their Dumbo ears, there’s everything to love about them. So if seeing elephants is on your bucket list (it’s certainly on ours) but you want to do it with their best and safest interests at heart, here are five entirely ethical places you could pay them a visit around the world, courtesy of World Animal Protection. 1 MandaLao Elephant Conservation Laos World Animal Protection At MandaLao, you can experience an intimate non-riding experience focused on education and elephant welfare. Walk in the jungle with rescued elephants and learn how they communicate with people. Book your visit here. 2 Elephant Valley Thailand World Animal Protection As Chiang Rai’s first sanctuary, Elephant Valley is made up of 40 acres of lush habitat for their six resident elephants to live independently and behave naturally in a stress-free environment. Book a visit here. 3 Mahouts Elephant Foundation s Walking with Elephants Thailand World Animal Protection At Walking with Elephants, visitors get the unique experience of observing elephants in their natural habitat, foraging for food, wallowing in mud and wrestling and playing. You also get to camp with the Karen Hill Tribe (indigenous tribal people) and experience elephants at a safe and respectful distance. Book your visit here. 4 BLES Boon Lott s Elephant Sanctuary Thailand World Animal Protection BLES is known as a safe haven for abused elephants that have been rescued from situations of daily brutality and distress which they experience when forced to carry out elephant rides and other forms of tourist entertainment. Visitors can accompany the 14 resident elephants on walks, gather food for them and camp in the jungle. Book your visit here. 5 Tiger Tops Tharu Lodge Nepal World Animal Protection Here, visitors can experience daily life in a Nepalese village and meet the 14 resident domestic elephants. From following them to the grasslands where their keepers (mahouts) cut and collect grass to feed them, to accompanying them on walks in the jungle. Book your visit here. RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR Hotel review Wyndham Residences Costa Adeje National Trust is giving away free tickets this autumn Hotel review Una St Ives Cornwall DON' T MISS Fiona Bruce Sometimes I struggle not to cry November 14, 2021 17 beautiful 2021 diaries to help you to look forward to December 4, 2020 Why women leave men for women What’ s fuelling the rise of April 28, 2019 Hollywood veteran Laura Linney on plastic surgery friendship and her stellar July 3, 2017 You can shop the khaki jumpsuit from Holly Willoughby’ s new M& S July 17, 2019 The secrets and lies behind this happy family photo April 11, 2021 It’ s cocktail hour Olly Smith’ s cocktail recipes and Eleanor Maidment s canapé November 14, 2021 BBC One has revealed its Christmas TV schedule and there’ s lots December 2, 2020 YOU Beauty Box August Reviews August 1, 2017 Rome has been named the cheapest major city to visit in August 7, 2019 Popular CategoriesFood2704Life2496Fashion2240Beauty1738Celebrity1261Interiors684 Sign up for YOUMail Thanks for subscribing Please check your email to confirm (If you don't see the email, check the spam box) Fashion Beauty Celebrity Life Food Privacy & Cookies T&C Copyright 2022 - YOU Magazine. All Rights Reserved